diff --git a/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2 b/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2
index 104d2b4a08..cc1294f254 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ header_checks:
 # The chain to jump to if any of the header patterns matches.  This must be
 # the name of an existing chain such as 'discard', 'reject', 'hold', or
 # 'accept', otherwise 'hold' will be used.
-jump_chain: hold
+jump_chain: discard